Dammam vs Valletta - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dammam	Valletta
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1056	$1583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2577	$3682
🏠 One person rent	$475	$923
🏘️ Family rent	$789	$1737
🍽️ Food expenses	$338	$487
🚐 Transport expenses	$130	$58.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2468	$1922
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	40	37
😀 Quality of life	74	73
🏙️ Population	903K	6.44K

The cost of living in Dammam is 33% less expensive than in Valletta. Cities ranked 5127th and 3109th ($1056 vs $1583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 3rd in Saudi Arabia and Malta, respectively. Check Saudi Arabia vs Malta comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.3 months in Dammam compared to 1.2 months in Valletta. Dammam ranked 3rd best city to live in Saudi Arabia vs Valletta ranked 5th in Malta, while ranked 1259th and 1378th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dammam vs Valletta

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	Dammam	Valletta
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.65	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.5	$75.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.94	$9.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$4.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.9	$2.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.89	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1033
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$785
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$748	$2137
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$598	$1490
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.8	$53.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.8	$82.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.9	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.96%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1147	$5286
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1112	$3962
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$2.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.6	$28.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.3	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.62	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.42	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$3.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.93	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.06	$9.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.47	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$2.12	$6.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.94	$5.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.18	$7.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.86	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.36	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71.3	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$13.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.9	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.82	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.1	$94.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.3	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$439	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8339	$8456

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$1068
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1243
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$897
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1223
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$901
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1709
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1779
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$551
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$557
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1637
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$547
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$736
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$589
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$548
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$536
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$547
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$529
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$904
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2379
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1494
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2240
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$597
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$525
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$969
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552

Cities near Valletta

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.8 km or 1.1 mi	Sliema	$1749
1.9 km or 1.2 mi	Gzira	$1624
3.2 km or 2 mi	Zabbar	$1415
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	San Gwann	$1555
4.1 km or 2.6 mi	Birkirkara	$1524
6.3 km or 3.9 mi	Marsaskala	$1325
6.4 km or 4 mi	Naxxar	$1486
7.1 km or 4.4 mi	Mosta	$1346
11 km or 7.1 mi	St. Paul's Bay	$1384
116 km or 72 mi	Ragusa	$1106
132 km or 82 mi	Gela	$941
140 km or 87 mi	Niscemi	$1077
148 km or 92 mi	Syracuse	$1098
178 km or 111 mi	Agrigento	$971
186 km or 115 mi	Catania	$1161
266 km or 166 mi	Reggio Calabria	$1058
267 km or 166 mi	Palermo	$1137
270 km or 168 mi	Messina	$1130
281 km or 175 mi	Marsala	$1019
295 km or 183 mi	Trapani	$938
339 km or 211 mi	Vibo Valentia	$1199
344 km or 214 mi	Nabeul	$443
350 km or 217 mi	Sousse	$495
357 km or 222 mi	Tripoli	$464
362 km or 225 mi	Al-Khums	$418
364 km or 226 mi	Sfax	$448
376 km or 234 mi	Lamezia Terme	$1251
382 km or 237 mi	Catanzaro	$1143
386 km or 240 mi	Zawiya	$368
390 km or 242 mi	La Marsa	$549
392 km or 244 mi	Sabratha	$396
395 km or 245 mi	Misrata	$436
398 km or 247 mi	Zuwarah	$392
399 km or 248 mi	Kairouan	$410
401 km or 249 mi	Tunis	$535
401 km or 249 mi	Aryanah	$465
408 km or 254 mi	Cosenza	$1072
422 km or 262 mi	Crotone	$1159
437 km or 272 mi	Gharyan	$387
441 km or 274 mi	Bizerte	$348